Jun 30 German Presidential Election Exposes Cracks in Merkel's Coalition By Larisa Epatko It took three rounds of voting Wednesday to elect Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate for president, Christian Wulff, in a sign of brewing differences within her coalition ranks. Continue reading
Jun 30 Ask BP Exec Bob Dudley Your Questions for a Live Interview Thursday By News Desk On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the… Continue reading
Jun 29 Mexico Forges Ahead With Elections After Candidate's Assassination By Larisa Epatko After Mexican gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre and four others in his campaign entourage were gunned down Monday in the state of Tamaulipas, his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is working to find a replacement candidate ahead of Sunday's elections for… Continue reading
Jun 29 Report: Rating System of Afghan Forces 'Not Reliable' By Larisa Epatko A special inspector general report issued late Monday says the rating system of Afghan security forces is not reliable and training efforts face "serious challenges."… Continue reading
Jun 29 Countries Strive to Return Holocaust-Era Property By News Desk More than 40 nations met a year ago in Prague to discuss restitution for Holocaust victims' stolen property. A year later, the countries met again and signed guidelines on how to return the looted assets. Continue reading
Jun 28 At the G20, a Debate Over Spending and Budget Cuts By Larisa Epatko At the conclusion of the weekend's G20 summit in Canada, countries agreed to cut their deficits over the next three years in order to stabilize the global economy, but maintain flexibility to decide on their own how to do so. Continue reading
Jun 25 Global Leaders Meet at Back-to-Back Economic Summits By Larisa Epatko Leaders of some of the world's largest economies are meeting in Canada over the weekend to focus on nurturing the global economic recovery and facilitating international security and aid. Continue reading
Jun 25 Pakistanis Seek Answers to Water Supply Problems By News Desk Pakistan's aging irrigation infrastructure and years of little rain are adding up to major problems for farmers, prompting the government to subsidize a new drip-style irrigation system. But some farmers still find it too costly to install. Continue reading
Jun 24 In Brazil, Oil Rigs in Sight, but World Cup on Minds As we flew into Rio de Janeiro Wednesday, the city's jagged emerald mountains, sapphire blue waters and ribbon of white beaches seemed as pristine and beautiful as advertised, a natural paradise for residents and vacationers alike. Yet Thursday morning,… Continue reading
Jun 24 Q&A: Medvedev Meets With Obama on Modernization Plan, Arms Control By Larisa Epatko Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with President Barack Obama Thursday in Washington, where the two were expected to discuss arms control, Iran and economic issues, in their continuing effort to "reset" and strengthen relations. Continue reading